Evita, at the Marquis TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: *** out of ****Years ago, someone loaned me a VHS copy of Evita - yes, it was that long ago - and I loved it. The story was fascinati…
SOURCE: Gratuitous Violins at 10:20PMFor the last several years, the Astoria Performing Arts Center has given its audiences an annual spring treat: a surprisingly large production of a surprisingly large-scale musical, all done…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:17PMThe New York premiere of Del Shores' play, about four young gay men coming of age at a conservative Christian church, is only intermittently successful.
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SUNSET HILLS • Debi Blanchard and her mother, Kay Loomstein, could not remember exactly when they started attending the annual art fair at Laumeier Sculpture Park, but it might well have b…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:45PMDo you ever wonder what your favorite Broadway stars are doing during intermission Thanks to NEWSIES' Andrew Keenan-Bolger KeenanBlogger, you can see for yourself. Keenan-Bolger Tweeted toda…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:26PMMeet and Greet Celebrity Interviews From the Tony's and the Drama Desk.: The Tony Awards are our theater version of the Oscars, while The Drama Desks are The Golden Globes. Nominations can m…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:23PMMatt is an Idiot (on tour)! #5
Have you ever wanted to know what REALLY happens when a Broadway show goes on tour? No, I'm not talking about what kind of reviews they get or if audience…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:12PMMalthouse Estate, Shoreham-by-Sea; Caledonian Park, London; Aldwych, LondonFractured, self-reflecting, cut off from those around him. The site-specific company Dreamthinkspeak has gone to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSadler's Wells; Royal Opera House; both LondonAngelin Preljocaj is one of the grands noms of French choreography. Of Albanian origin, he trained in classical ballet before turning to contemp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMLyric, London W6Two British detectives, Stone and Lee, interrogate a suspect. The head of a decapitated prostitute has been found in the Thames, and this pair seek the killer. A procedural! …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMHull Truck, HullIn Ivan Viripaev's play, four performers in their 30s take turns to narrate the stories of two elderly and long-married couples. They begin at the ends of the lives and shutt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMArcola, LondonDennis Potter regarded this as his best play. But be prepared for unrelenting bleakness, and the darkest of laughs: a scoop of the blackest treacle. London has been enjoying an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMWhat are we talking about? A new theatrical version of Ted Hughes's poetry collection Crow, part of the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) and London 2012.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMSuperstore access roads are built, you imagine, with one function in mind, but the slip road to Asda at Brighton Marina does surprisingly well as a backdrop to theatre. Curving up and away o…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMOut of work and forsaken in love, Mia Farrow wanders into a cinema in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo. There her Depression-era grief melts away as she's drawn in by Ginger Rogers and…
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The cast of "The Best Man" by Gore Vidal is an ideas driven piece with characters artfully constructed to score philosophical points. Though the odd moment transcends the device ridden struc…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 05:51PMVoting opened on May 3, 2012 and runs through June 4, 2012 for the 10th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards Here are the current standings as of 512 with just 22 days to go in voting
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMIt’s almost Saturday evening. We’ve already begun drinking. And we’re not sure why the Tonys just won’t get here already. But in the interest of at least trying to ta…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:19PMMagic/Bird, Eric Simonson’s sports biography about the rivalry and friendship of basketball stars Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird, plays its final performance on Broa…
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Legendary lyricist Tim Rice is currently lighting up three Broadway marquees: Disney's "The Lion King," "Evita" and "Jesus Christ Superstar." NY1's Frank DiLella recently sat down with the a…
SOURCE: NY1 at 02:32PMThe 2012 Tony-nominated Broadway production of FOLLIES, which features Tony nominees Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines and newcomer Victoria Clark, is now playing at Los Angeles's Ahma…
SOURCE: NY1 at 02:25PMSo, you want to be on Broadway? Well, you’re not alone. There are tons of people aching to be the next big Broadway star. While I can’t necessarily help you become a star, what I…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 02:24PMWhy . . . so . . . serious? Meet the Joker.I'm not really sure what else we need to know about Mitt Romney.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:23PMToday we are kicking off BroadwayWorlds month-long salute to the 2012 Tony Awards with a clip sure to set even the bleakest, darkest and blandest of nights alight - Liza Minnelli capping off…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMST. LOUIS • The 25th Annual Art Fair at Laumeier Sculpture Park long ago was established as a St. Louis Mother's Day tradition.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:05PMOpera Theatre of St. Louis is one of the region's premiere cultural institutions, bringing thousands of opera goers to Webster Groves every season, including hundreds of out-of-town visitors…
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The recently ended Broadway season certainly saw its share of musical flops, notably Lysistrata Jones and Bonnie & Clyde. Although each of those shows had its champions, I was not among them…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 11:50AMMAGICBIRD, about Earvin Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, plays its final performance tonight, Saturday, May 12th, at the Longacre Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMIt's the last chance to see the show in St. Louis.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:45AMHANDS-ON-A-HARDBODY-Opens-at-La-Jolla-Playhouse-20010101La Jolla Playhouse's world premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, starring Tony Award-nominees Keith Carradine, Hunter Foster and Mary Gordo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMIn the final production of NJT's 15th season, actors play double roles and time-travel from the present day to the 1930's in a nifty little backstage romp. It's always fun watchin…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 11:38AMNEW YORK (AP) -- A New York memorabilia dealer has settled a lawsuit that had sought to block him from selling 135 letters written by lyricist Ira Gershwin....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:35AMRobert Cushman: In High, Kathleen Turner commands the stage with square shoulders and a hoarse but powerful voice suggestive of a heavy cold
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 11:30AMWorks are carefully chosen for a balance of familiarity, style and novelty.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:30AMZack Calhoon Hometown: Salem, Oregon Current Town: New York City Q: Tell me about RINO. A: RINO is a new play that is getting produced in association with Core Creative Productio…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:10AMDo you read reviews? Sure you read the one that everyone posts on your Facebook wall with “congratulations!” next to it. And you know you’re not supposed to read any revi…
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The recent New York production of Follies is now playing down at the Ahmanson Theater here in Los Angeles and I'm seeing it in a week or two. If I didn't already have the cast album, I could…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:56AMThe recent New York production of Follies is now playing down at the Ahmanson Theater here in Los Angeles and I'm seeing it in a week or two. If I didn't already have the cast album, I could…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:56AMNATO's U.S. representative seemes to be in a state of denial or ignorance about a U.S.-led missile defense system.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 09:46AMWould the movie Forrest Gump make a great musical, or must this never happen? How good a Broadway musical could be made from the movies Mean Girls or Moulin Rouge? Clue or Clueless? Those ar…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 09:26AMFilmmaker Shawn Anthony is an accomplished illusionist, known as the “Post Modern Houdini.” He is also the creator of Vampires: Rise of the Fallen, a full-length feature film currently…
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While diamonds may be a girls best friend at this weekends Encores production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, theres a feisty flapper getting pretty chummy with a gang of hunky Olympic athletes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMHe's been professionally funny for decades.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:45AMSteven Dietz’s insightful script, David Arisco’s assured direction and a deceptively deft cast led by the ever-engaging Laura Turnbull deliver a thoroughly entertaining comedy in Becky's…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:33AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 12 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe vivacious top 40 sounds of Lewis Flinn's songs for the recent Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones surge with youthful energy and sparkle with comic assurance on the show's origin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMFor anyone who's wondered what it's like putting together an original cast recording or a vocalist's CD, Bruce Kimmel's new memoir, Album Produced By..., provides a fasci…
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Interview: The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning. John McGrath, director of National Theatre Wales, and Tom Beardshaw - multi-platform designer - discuss The Radicalisation of Bradley Manni…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 07:55AMSo many shows opened in the final weeks of the theater
season that officially ended on April 26 that I’ve had to scramble to catch up
with all of them. There were 14
new shows on Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:55AMINTERVIEW: LISA GOLDMAN The director and writer talks to Aleks Sierz about her new book, The No Rules Handbook for Writers (Oberon), which is an antidote to prescriptive writing guides, and …
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 07:49AMShakespeare’s First Acts: Richard III. Tim Carroll discusses the first act of the play, which he is directing at Shakespeare’s Globe this summer, with Mark Rylance as Richard. This inter…
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You can catch one more performance tonight, Saturday, at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre of Chekhov’s “The Seagull” as adapted by famed British director Max Stafford-Clark. It&#…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:43AMThe Tony Awards previously announced the line-up for the 2nd Annual Tony Awards Film Series, which takes place today, May 12th and Sunday, May 13th at The Paley Center for Media. The Antoine…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe legendary Liza Minnelli once again performs at the LVH - Las Vegas Hotel amp Casino formerly Las Vegas Hilton tonight, May 12 in the LVH Theater. One of Americas true legends, Liza Minne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMLandmark on Main Street hosts Two-Time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole for a performance her critically acclaimed show The End of the World Cabaret as a special Mothers Day weekend cele…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMToday, May 12th, 2012, Brooke Shields, Frankie Valli, Carol Baldwin, Ray Boom Boom Mancini, and General Raymond Odierno join other Ellis Island Medals of Honor recipients at a Pre-Gala Recep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMScreenings of Broadway-inspired film at NYCs’ Paley Center for Media, plus a panel discussion with past Tony-winners, a Carol Channing look-a-like contest, and a sing-a-long with Hugh Jack…
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 01:03AMDesiree, the Scandinavian actress at the heart of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's "A Little Night Music" and the character who delivers the famously cynical number "Send in the Clowns," …
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“Don’t Dress for Dinner” Could Have Stayed Undressed: “Don’t Dress for Dinner” is the sequel to a Marc Camoletti's "Boeing-Boeing.”
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:53AMWelcome to the Vipers Den in “The Lyons.” Linda Lavin is the sharp-tongued lioness at the heart of Nicky Silver’s “The Lyons,”
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:45AMPeter and the Starcatcher Has Me Hooked! Run do not walk to get tickets for Peter and the Starcatcher, the prequel to “Peter Pan.”
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:38AM"One Man, Two Guvnors” Will Have You Choosing Between Masters: “One Man, Two Guvnors,” starring London’s comedic sensation James Corden at the Music Box Theater, is a night of sheer …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:28AMDramaturg New York, New York USA I find my inspiration in nature, in lively-minded theater and the arts. I find my inspiration in the streets of New York, “rain or shine.” My favorit…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMSince it started up 16 years ago, the Contact Photography Festival has been something of a moving target. From its early years as a grassroots free-for-all — got some photos and somewhere …
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMSTRUCTURE VS. THE MODERN PLAYWRIGHTjoel fishbanePlaywright Theresa Rebeck showed up on my radar again. Long time devotees to my ramblings will recall that last year I discussed Reb…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMPlaybill.com's weekly planner reminds you that there are early Broadway exits for Magic/Bird and Leap of Faith… David Hyde Pierce sings new songs by John Kander… Julie Taym…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "My Name Is Asher Lev" at Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's series features brief chats with actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via e-mail, we he…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHere are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of April 29–May 5, 2012, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company presents Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, featuring "Happy Days" star Marion Ross as Grandma Kurnitz, beginning May 12, prior to an officia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDaniel Beaty, the award-winning writer and performer of Emergency! and Through the Night, returns to The Riverside Theatre with his latest solo play, Mr. Joy, May 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, the new musical about a Texas endurance competition, starring Jim Newman and Tony nominees Keith Carradine, Hunter Foster and Mary Gordon Murray, o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMagic/Bird, Eric Simonson's sports biography about the rivalry and friendship of basketball stars Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, plays its final performance on Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill catches up with Danielle Ferland, the original "Little Red" of Broadway's Into the Woods, now playing The Baker's Wife at Westport Country Playhouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 2nd Annual Tony Awards Film Series plays The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street, May 12-13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1905 Theatrical producer Sam S. Shubert dies today in a train accident. His brothers Lee and J.J. will honor him by naming many of the theaters they are to build after him, including their f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
Regional dynamo sees three shows transfer
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMLegit News:
Ahmanson winds up with Tony magnet
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